Vending-machine.



G. J. TUBERGBN. YENDING. MACHINE. urmouxon FILED any. 14. mg,

3 23 Patented Sept. 10,1912.

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Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

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I Toall uihom it may concern.

Be it known that-I, GnononJ. Tnennonn,

a citizen of the United States,

Grand Rapids, in the. county of'Kent and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Vending-Machine-, of wh lowin is a soecification. t! A ing and carrying means which is compact in construction, will not readily get out of orwill operate pos tively'to This invention value is inserted into the m whereby the coin,

machine,- m-sy be forced into with the spool so as to rotate it an'dthus dis" charge an article to a po nt where it can be reached by the customer.

- Another object is to'provide der, and which direct ecoin' against the spool.

Viith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of psrts and in the details of construction hereinafter described.

and claimed, it being changes in the i In the accompanying shown.

In said dmwings:-Figure 1 is s vertical section through a machine embodying the present improvements. Fig. 2

through the lower portion of the machine wheel. Fig. 7 is a erspective coin wheel. Fig. 8 is s. perspective view of n modified form of coin wheel.

Spwifitstisdef Letters Patent. ;Appli cat1on no fioptemhr 14, 1911. Serial Rename. 2-

relates to vending machines particularly designed for dispensing small bottles of perfume and the like, one 'of the objects of the inventionbeing to provide a delivery spool adapted to lie-rotated so as to discharge an article when a coin of proper understood that 1. precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made witht the scope of what isolaimed,

parting from the spirit of the invention.

drawings the preferred form of the invention has a front elevation of the the return chutes being Fig. & is a section on line ig.-.5 is aper'spec'tive- View of the coin chute and the return chute. (l is a perspective yiew of a portion of the sectional shaft used for rotating thecoin more, or emu mmenramem, i

modified form of. machine" ich the foltion through top. A

achine and scribed. engagement to the opening 4 w back of the opening 4.

one coin chute extends description slots.

without dc tube while the led been tion.

is a section parts while an inserted th the front flan Fig.

view of the Fig. 9 is a horizontal. section thrqn i Patented sap-ti 10 .101

portion otp f i characters of reference 1' designates a casing havmg up-: per and lower panels-.2 endB 'respehtively mounted in, the front thereof, said upper panel being formed wit-ha transparent pot? which the-.art'iclesto be sold may be viewed and the panel 3 having a de-g livery opening 4 near the bottom thereof and .one or-more coin receiving slotsfi'ne'ar its ideplate 6 extends upwardly and rearwar 1y from the lower portion of the panel 3 and has one or more slots 7 in-the upper portion thereof for the rece 1930f the com chute or chutes ,hereina. er de- This plate 6 cooperates with the panel?) to form a-pocket .8 into which the articles to be sold ere dropped in the know ner hereinafter set-forth and thus guided here they can be reached A mirror, such as shown at 9 may be secured on the plate 6 directly In the type of machine shown in Figs. 1. to 4 inclusive two slots 5 pro to'be used and rom each of the As shown in Fig. 5 each coin'chute consists of spacedplates 10 having laterally extending flanges 11 secured in any suitable manner to a cross rail 12 within the casing A fiat tube 13- extends from the plates 10 to the slots fi'and has one side cut away so as to form va coin supporting led e 14: and a coin retaining flange 15, said arranged along the upper portion of ange being the e 14 is located at the bottom thereof. T e distance between the ledge and the flange is slightly less than the 95 diameter of a coin ofthe proper denominap The plates 10 and tube 13 are preferably slightly inclined so that when a. coin which is smaller than the one to be used for operating the machine, is inserted into the tube 13, it will tilt laterally through the open side of the tube and mid ing flange 15. A coin of'the proper size, however, will roll along the ledge 14; and be prevented from tilting laterally by the e 15.- Tube 13 extends throu' h one of V the slots 7 and the open side of t e tube is arranged within the upper portion of the pocket 8 so that the discharged coin will fall into the pocket and be delivered tov theuser through the opening 4;. If preferred, hower the retainever, an inclined guide chute 16 maybe extended under tube 13 and along the open side thereof so that a coin of insufficient value, when discharged through the open side of the tube," will fall onto the chute 16 and slide therealong and be discharged into the casing 1 and back of plate 6.

- Parallel, vertical guide cleats 17 are arranged within the upper portion ofthe casing, these cleats being disposed in pairs and one pair being provided for each coin chute. The cleats are adapted to hold between them a vertical column of small bottl .S, such as indicated at C, the end portions of the bottles slidably engaging the cleats so that said bottles can move downwardly by gravity;

,Iiach column of bottles is supported by a spool 18 ournaled within the casing 1. above the cross strip 12 and having a series of longitudinally extending peripheral recesses 19 one of which constantly registers with the lower ends of the cleats so as to permit the lower bottle of the column to ,rest within the groove. A spring strip 20 is secured to strip 12 and bears upon each spool 18, said spring serving to retard the rotation of the spool and to always keep one of the recesses directly under the column so as to receive one of the bottles. he upper portion of the plate 6 extends close to the lower por t-ion of the spools and a guide plate 21 extends from the cleats l? and downwardly and forwardly concentric with the spools so as to prevent the bottles from dropping out of the recesses 19 until after they have passed'the lower end of the plate 2t whereupon they are free to fall directly into the pocket 8. p

A shaft. 22 is journaled in the plates 10 and is preferably made up of sections, as

shown in Fig. 6, each section having a tongue 33 adapted to progect into a corresponding notch formed in the next adjoining section. A crank 35 is connected to one of the end sections of the shaft and arranged. outside of the casing, whereby said shaft can be readily rotated by the operator. A ratchet wheel 36 is secured to one of the shaft sections and is normally engaged by a pawl 37 whereby rotation of the shaftin one direction is prevented.

One shaft section is preferably arranged under each spool 18 and each of said shaft sect-ions has a coin wheel 38 secured to it and mounted for rotation between the plates 10. Each coin wheel has a plurality of coin receiving recesses 39 in its periphery, each recess being slightly less than semi-circular .and'thc wall of the recess merging into a convex edge extending to the outer end of the wall of the next. adjoining recess.

wheel is made up of a series of ogee curves the concave portions of' which are sufii ciently large to receive portions oi coins of proper As shown in Fig. 7 the coin Inother words the marginal portion of the BEST AVAILABLE COPY -wheel can he formed with four coin receiving recesses or, if preferred, and as shown in Fig. 8, said two oppositely disposed coin receivlngrecesses. It is to be understood that under ordinary conditions the shaft 32 can be wheel can be formed with readily. rotated because the spools 1:813IQ supported above the wheels 38 andwill not prevent their rotation. When, however, a coin of proper value is inserted into one of the slots 5, it will roll along the tube 13,

being retained therein by the flange 1 5, and

will finally drop into the coin receiving recess 39 in wheel 38. By then rotating the sh a'ft'32- by means of crank 35, the coin will be elevated by the wheel so as to move upwardly and thence rearwardly against the spool above the coin and thus cause the spool to rotate, carrying with it one of the bottles engaging the spool. Said bottle-will be discharged from under the plate 21 and will drop into pocket 8 from which it can be removed by reaching through the openin 4.

is hereinbefore stated, should a coin of improper value be inserted in the machine it will tilt out of the cut away portion 0 the tube 13 and either fall into the pocket 8 and thus be returned to user or else be carried by the chute .16 to the space back of pla to 6 where it will be kept, with the other coin deposited in the machine. lit is to be understood of course that any desired number of spools may be employed, one spool being used in connection with each column of bottles. It is only necessary that a wheel be provided for each spool and that a coin chute be employed for directing a coin to any one of said wheels. By utilizing a. sectional shaft. 32, one or more sections can be added or removed so as to adapt the shaft to machines of any size.

As shown in Fig. 5, the plates 10 may be formed with openings 40 through which the proper coins may be discharged should they, by any chance, fail to tilt laterally out of the cut away portion of tube 13.

Instead of mounting the spools 18 along astraight line under a straight series of columns of bottlcs, said spools can be journaled within-a rotary frame, such as indicated at 41 in Fig. 9, any suitable means being provided whereby the frame can be turned so as to bring any one of the spools and the column of bottles thereabove, into position above the coin wheel. lVith this structure only one coin wheel and "c'hute is necessary in order to operate the various spools. i W' hat is claimed is l 1. In a vending machine, a revolublc ele';

ment having recesses for the reception of said member to shift a coin into and out of BEST AVAlLAB LE COPY one of said recesses, subsequentto the discharge of an article from the recess, to retate said element.

-2. In a vending machine, a revoluble element havingrecesses each shiftable successivel y to receive an article to be dispensed, to deliver'said article, and to receive an actuating coin, a revolulele coin receiving member, and means for actuating saidmemher to move the coin into one of said recesses and actuate the revolnhle element. 1'

3. A vending machine including a revoluble dispensing element having article receiving portions, 1 coin 'henl z'ei'olnble independently of sa d element and havinga peripheral coin receiving rec means for directing a coin into the recess, means for rotating the wheel to move the coin against said article receiving portions, and to actuatethe dispensing element, and means close to the sides of the wheel for holding the coin in engagement with said \i'heel during the actuation of the dispensing element.

l. A vending machine including a revoluhle dispensing element having article re- CGlYlllfl portions. :1 coin wheel. having a pcripheral recess. mean For dirmting a coin ill) In a vending" machine'the combination with spaced se 'iaraiely revolnhle dispensing elements, having article receiving grooves, of a sectional shati a coin wheel secured to each section of the shaft and having acoin receiving peripheral recess;- said shaft sec tions being reroluhle together, and means for rotating the shaft to siniultaneonsly actuate the wheels, the coin carrying Wheel constituting means for directing a coin into one of the gromies to actuate the element adjacent thereto.

.l n testiinoirv that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aliixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE J. TUBE RGEN,

Witnesses:

JURGEN H. Pmrr'r, S. A. CAVE. 

